usaa. we know what it means to serve. he started to a few low energy days and things snowballed from there. probably exactly the wrong time because of his weakened condition and fight of bronchitis 88 years old adds up to a tough situation right now. >> george w. bush has visited his father twice in the hospital so has former governor jeb bush. bush sr. sent christmas with his wife barbara son kneel, neil's wife and a grandson. bush's daughters will see him today. doctors remain cautiously optimistic. >> he's in a critical condition. he's in a bad way. but the doctors believe there's a path for him to recover from this and if we can get him to rally a little bit we can start talking about this but we are not there yet. >> he is alert and joking with the staff. he is been placed on a liquids only diet for the time being. >> now we go to an extreme weather alert. it is another messy day of weather in some parts across the northeast. 6 people died in the christmas storm system that spawned blizzards sleet and rare winter tor